diff --git a/config.example b/config.example
index a987356..d9a6973 100644
--- a/config.example
+++ b/config.example
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ DB_DIR="/dbdata"
 GIT_BRANCH="v1.7"
 GISSMO_VERSION="1.7"
 # GISSMO_DOCKER_NAME="gissmo"
+DJANGO_DIR="django"  # only for Gissmo 2.x
 GISSMO_DOCKER_PORT="8002"
 UPLOAD_DIR="/srv/upload"
diff --git a/launch.sh b/launch.sh
index 76aede0..f7c33c8 100755
--- a/launch.sh
+++ b/launch.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ fi
 GISSMO_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/${GIT_DIR_NAME}"
 DOCKERFILE="${GISSMO_DIR}/${DOCKERFILE_NAME}"
 
+# Set DJANGO_VOLUME_DIR
+if ! test -z "$DJANGO_DIR"; then
+  DJANGO_VOLUME_DIR="${GISSMO_DIR}/$DJANGO_DIR"
+else
+  DJANGO_VOLUME_DIR="${GISSMO_DIR}"
+fi
+
 ## Miscellaneous
 COMMAND="$1"
 shift 1; ARGS="$@"
@@ -185,7 +192,7 @@ dev() {
   if [ $GISSMO_DEV_RUNNING_PORT -eq 0 ]; then
     PORT_PARAM=" -P "
   fi
-  $docker_cmd run -it --rm --link ${POSTGRES_DOCKER_NAME}:db ${PORT_PARAM} -v ${GISSMO_DIR}:/opt/gissmo -v ${UPLOAD_DIR}:/data gissmo:${GISSMO_VERSION} ${ARGS:='development'} || error_and_quit "Failed to create and launch ${GISSMO_DOCKER_NAME} container."
+  $docker_cmd run -it --rm --link ${POSTGRES_DOCKER_NAME}:db ${PORT_PARAM} -v ${DJANGO_VOLUME_DIR}:/opt/gissmo -v ${UPLOAD_DIR}:/data gissmo:${GISSMO_VERSION} ${ARGS:='development'} || error_and_quit "Failed to create and launch ${GISSMO_DOCKER_NAME} container."
 }
 
 test_backup() {